Booze Review: Little Fat Lamb Shot Bucket

Posted 11:21am Sunday 2nd August 2026 by Britney Brew-ski

For Critic Te Ārohi’s inaugural Party Issue, Swig60 has outsourced their liver to a guest reviewer. Whether this was a strategic editorial decision or simply because the boys finally realised they had to pace themselves is unclear. Either way, someone had to answer the important question: Read more...

The Party Game Rulebook

Posted 11:37am Sunday 2nd August 2026 by Critic Staff

It’s been a long time since we were children. Somewhere between primary, intermediate and eventually high school, we put down our toys and picked up the phones. In high school, parties were all about drinking as much as possible and doing a quick tacky in the upstairs toilet, or clubbing until Read more...

Booze Review: Hard Rated Orange

Posted 9:08am Saturday 18th July 2026 by Swig60

Welcome back pissers and shitters, and a happy international Re:Ori! We hope everyone had a good break, except for all you Aucklanders who went to Bali. Fuck you guys, we are not reviewing your shitty Bintangs. Instead, here’s Hard Rated Orange. Tasting Notes  Yep! It’s Read more...

Booze Review: Purple Goannas

Posted 11:37am Saturday 23rd May 2026 by Swig60

This week, we take you back in time to a prehistoric land. When reptiles ruled, Pint Night pints cost $5, and the first-year was fees free. You know something's been around forever when you get a nod of approval from some bloke's dad while carrying two boxes home. That’s Read more...

Booze Review: Fiji Dry

Posted 8:04pm Friday 8th May 2026 by Swig60

It’s monsoon season, so it’s time to get wet. Actually, never mind – this isn’t Moaningful Confessions, that's on the next page. This week, Swig60 set sail (not to that island) and somehow ended up stranded with a box of Fiji Dry and very few plans beyond “see what Read more...

Booze Review: The 5 Dessert-ish Beers

Posted 12:50pm Sunday 26th April 2026 by Swig60

Sup pissers and shitters! This isn’t your typical review. We couldn’t remember what we thought of the drinks from Hyde, so we dragged our dusty rears through New World's health and wellness section and picked out 5 of the weirdest beers we could find. If your flatmate cooked a Read more...

Booze Review: Tui Vodka Red

Posted 11:18am Sunday 8th March 2026 by Swig60

Salutations suckas and suckettes. It was our mission this week to provide an Electric Ave Booze Review, but at $14.50 a drink – and the fact some beloved members got turned away at the bar – Swig60 says “fuck that”. Here’s a Tui Vodka Reds review instead.  First Read more...

Booze Review: Jam Shed Shiraz

Posted 4:18pm Monday 13th October 2025 by Joan of Rark

Hello team, Joan here. I would just like to take a moment to point out (not that it hasn't been mentioned by every other bastard in the twenty something pages you went through to get here) it is the last issue for 2025. With that comes some sad goodbyes, particularly Miss Boss Lady, Nina Read more...

Booze Review: Franky’s Lemon Crush & Cola Lime

Posted 10:32pm Saturday 4th October 2025 by Joan of Rark

At this point in the year I’m struggling to think of booze I haven’t yet reviewed, so I’ve taken to perusing the aisles of Leith Liquor and squinting at the shelves to see if anything’s unfamiliar. And well well well, what do we have here? New-to-the-scene Franky’s, yet Read more...